Vinnie Says Mental Illness Cannot Erase Responsibility for Three Dead Children

Joel Webbon argues that postpartum psychosis and mental illness may help explain behavior, but should not automatically erase questions of moral or legal responsibility. He says the three children must remain at the center of the conversation and that compassion for mental illness can coexist with a demand for justice. His broader point is that any explanation presented in court should not overshadow the lives that were lost.